BAD WORK IN BROOKLYN: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE ARCH SIGNIFICANT DISCLOSURES REGARDING THE MEMORIAL TO DEAD SOLDIERS HOW MUCH OF THE $350,000 WAS MISUSED? WHAT AN EXAMINATION OF THE RECORDS OF THE ARCH COMMISSION SHOWS--NO MINUTE BOOK PROVIDED FOR FIVE YEARS--PAPERS MISSING AND NUMEROUS IRREGULARITIES SUGGESTED--EXCESSIVE SUMS PAID FOR EXCAVATION, FOR UNNECESSARY COLUMNS, FOR SIMPLE GRANITE POSTS AND FOR BRONZE GATES AND CHAINS THE MONEY FOR THE ARCH NO MINUTE-BOOK FOR FIVE YEARS AWARDING THE CONTRACTS NO MEETING FOR ELEVEN MONTHS A NEW SCHEME SPRUNG SOME COSTLY CARVING AND EXCAVATION EXPENSIVE GRANITE POSTS CHEAP AND FLIMSY BRONZE WORK A DOUBLE PRICE PAID FOR THE "ADJUNCTS" OTHER QUEER THINGS EXTRAVAGANCE AND WASTE CLEARLY SHOWN WILL AN ACTION TO RECOVER BE BROUGHT?
New - York Tribune (1866-1899); New York, N.Y.. 14 Oct 1894: 1.
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